Juba – A group of armed soldiers has urged opposition leaders in South Sudan to force President Salva Kiir to reverse a decree for the establishment of 28 states in the country, The Nile Times has reported. Kiir announced the states in December, in a move described as “wrong” by …

Khartoum – The UN-AU peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s Darfur said on Sunday it is “deeply concerned” about an surge in fighting between government forces and rebels in the conflict-hit western region. The Unamid mission said it was “deeply concerned about ongoing fighting between government forces and armed movements in the …

To defuse the deadlock in the implementation of the peace agreement in Mali, Alger convene the various parties to a high-level emergency meeting on 18 and 19 January. Algeria, the leader of mediation in the Malian crisis, convened for 18 and 19 January in Algiers an emergency meeting at ministerial …